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"Face Culture or Face Failure - why using agile approaches demands culture change" Click here to read the PDF in your browser, or right-click to download it.

A key leadership issue: Adopting lean or agile approaches without considering foundational, cultural considerations can be a disaster ... see an overview of an easy culture framework, how to apply that framework to analyze the agile manifesto, and what to do in this special report.

Agile 2009 was a great success, with over 1350 people from 38 countries attending. I presented a session kick-off tutorial on what leaders and team members alike can do about culture to make agile successful. Key session slides - minus the exercises that are meaningless outside of the session - are here for your reference.

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